§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the President of the Board of Agriculture if his attention has been called to the case of Mrs. Smith, Graig Goch, Eryrrys, Llanarmon-yn-Tal, near Mold, who has a holding of 60 acres, 24 acres of which is cultivated ground, with a stock of six cattle, two horses, and pigs, and whose only support and help has been her son, who has now been taken into the Army and is Private J. A. Smith, No. 70,059, E Company, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, this son having been taken away in spite of the fact that the tribunal and the agricultural committee knew there was not another person on the place besides the widow; is he aware that she has now been ordered to plough 4½acres of land in addition to that already ploughed, which she is quite unable to do herself and cannot afford to pay for; and if he will, in the circumstances, apply for the return of her son from the Army to do the necessary work in connection with this farm?
§ Mr. PROTHEROI am obliged to the hon. Member for drawing my attention to this case. No previous information had been received by the Board. I have given instructions that immediate inquiries are to be made and will inform the hon. Member of the result.